TURNIP, MUSHROOM & GARLIC PIZZA
Earlier this summer I had fresh turnips from the farmer’s market & wanted to find a new way to cook turnips besides using them as a side dish sautéed in butter like I have in the past. Adding some chopped shiitake mushrooms, adds some depth & rustic flavor to this pizza. For the crust I used the spelt flour dough recipe that is in one of my previous blogs. Instead of using the typical tomato pizza sauce, I brushed the pizza dough with EVOO, butter & minced garlic which highlights the flavors of the toppings. Over the summer this turned out to be one of my favorite ways to make pizza. ENJOY!
TURNIP, MUSHROOM & GARLIC PIZZA
Ingredients
- 2 Medium Turnips Chopped into small pieces
- Leaves of turnips or chard Chopped
- 3 Large Garlic cloves Minced
- 4 OZ shiitake mushrooms Sliced
- 1 TBSP olive oil
- 2 TBSP Butter melted
Instructions
- 1. Preheat Oven to 500 degrees.
- 2. Bake pizza dough until lightly browned. As you can see on the picture, the pizza dough is pretty dark because I used spelt flour to make it. After the dough is baked, decrease oven temperature to 450 degrees.
- 3. Use a frying pan to saute the turnips in butter, cook until the turnips are soft but not mushy.
- 4. Chop the mushrooms & mince the garlic.
- 5. On the baked pizza dough spread approximately 1 TBSP EVOO, 1 TBSP melted butter. Than add the minced garlic, turnips, mushrooms, & turnip greens or green chard. Lastly sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top.
- 6. Bake at 450 until cheese is melted & I like my cheese slightly browned. Lastly sprinkle with parmesan cheese.